Ahead of the nationwide protest against bad governance, the Minority Caucus of the House of Representatives has urged the federal government to dialogue with planned protesters with a bid to address their concerns.
The Leader of the Caucus, Hon. Kingsely Chinda made the call while speaking with journalists at the end of session dinner.
He also called on the government to adopt the carrot and stick method in addressing the problem of insecurity in the country.
Chinda said: “We also appealed to the government to dialogue with the planned protesters and also look at some of the messages they are raising, the critical areas that need government intervention. Government should intervene and ensure that issues are resolved amicably.
“We are not going to encourage any protesters because in the past we have observed in most cases that even peaceful protests have been overtaken by hoodlums and with the insecurity situation in some parts of the country, you may not have the control of the gathering of people. So some unscrupulous people may use the opportunity to create chaos.”
“So we are discouraging any protest but we appeal to government to dialogue and also look at critical areas that are necessary and address them amicably,” he said..
The Caucus also called on the government to create means to ensure citizens are self reliant in a bid to tackle the economic downturn in the country.
“We also acknowledged in our discussion that there is hunger in the land and we appeal to the government not only to be giving palliatives but to create ways and means whereby people can be self-reliant,” he said.